The global finals jury for the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award has been announced. Global jury members range from an iconic cocktail historian to a James Beard Award winning Author. This notable group will gather at the Bar Convent in Berlin, Germany (Oct 7th- 8th, 2014) for the Global Finals to oversee and judge at a tasting bash, which will take place at the cool and regal Ritz Carlton (Berlin) at their famed Fragrance Bar. The Sling inspired soiree will be MC’d by Philip Duff, one of the cocktail world’s best-loved presenters and cocktail experts.

“Having traveled the world tasting the best of the best in food and wine, I look forward enormously to sampling brilliant cocktails in Berlin from the iconic Cherry Heering brand—and judging the international mixologists who made them,” said James Beard Award winning Author, David Rosengarten. “I have always been one for adventure…and being able to taste what some of the best bartenders in the world have done with the Singapore Sling is as exciting to me as any gastronomic adventure!”

2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award | Global Finals Jury Members

David Wondrich, Cocktail Historian

David Rosengarten, Forbes Magazine

Heinfried Tacke, Drinks Magazine

Réne Riis, Four Magazine

Nikolaj Brøndsted, Good Spirits, Mash Group & Umami

Fredrik Tilander, Owner, Peter F .Heering

*Peoples Vote | Attendees of the Bar Convent Berlin show will have the unique opportunity to taste the 5 Global Finalist 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award Singapore Sling inspired cocktails and VOTE for their favorite cocktail.
The Top 5 Global Finalists for the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award

* Fill with soda water, stir briefly and dash with Angostura bitters, then combine in a tall, ice-filled glass

The 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award, which has grown from 27 participating countries last year to now 44 participating Sling inspired countries, has elevated the competition to one of the world’s greatest and largest cocktail competitions.

Peter F. Heering has always been fashionable – a history of 200 years as one of the first global brands (EVER) and a fashion accessory since 1818, while being a part of iconic cocktails such as the Singapore Sling and the Blood & Sand. Peter F Heering is today present in over 100 markets.

The Singapore Sling is one of Cherry Heering’s primary unique selling points – The Sling should be on the drink list in any decent bar.

Peter F. Heering also has had the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHERRY HEERING liqueur is sold in more than 100 countries all over the world and is the essential ingredient in the world famous Singapore Sling and

October – 2014 (Stockholm, Sweden) — The global finals jury for the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award has been announced. Global jury members range from an iconic cocktail historian to a James Beard Award winning Author. This notable group will gather at the Bar Convent in Berlin, Germany (Oct 7th– 8th, 2014) for the Global Finals to oversee and judge at a tasting bash, which will take place at the cool and regal Ritz Carlton (Berlin) at their famed Fragrance Bar. The Sling inspired soiree will be MC’d by Philip Duff, one of the cocktail world’s best-loved presenters and cocktail experts.

“Having traveled the world tasting the best of the best in food and wine, I look forward enormously to sampling brilliant cocktails in Berlin from the iconic Cherry Heering brand—and judging the international mixologists who made them,” said James Beard Award winning Author, David Rosengarten. “I have always been one for adventure…and being able to taste what some of the best bartenders in the world have done with the Singapore Sling is as exciting to me as any gastronomic adventure!”

* Fill with soda water, stir briefly and dash with Angostura bitters, then combine in a tall, ice-filled glass

The 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award, which has grown from 27 participating countries last year to now 44 participating Sling inspired countries, has elevated the competition to one of the world’s greatest and largest cocktail competitions.

Peter F. Heering has always been fashionable – a history of 200 years as one of the first global brands (EVER) and a fashion accessory since 1818, while being a part of iconic cocktails such as the Singapore Sling and the Blood & Sand. Peter F Heering is today present in over 100 markets.

The Singapore Sling is one of Cherry Heering’s primary unique selling points – The Sling should be on the drink list in any decent bar.

Peter F. Heering also has had the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHERRY HEERING liqueur is sold in more than 100 countries all over the world and isthe essential ingredient in the world famous Singapore Sling and Blood and Sand cocktails. For more information about Peter F. Heering, please visit

Judging has ended and the Top 5 Peter F. Heering Sling Award Sling cocktails have been announced in London, England. The jury was led by bar legend Simon Difford and a prestigious jury panel that will included top tier media, tastemakers and bar experts who determined who moved onto Berlin, Germany and the Top 5 Global finalists of the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award, on Oct 7th-8th at Bar Convent Berlin.

The Sling finalist are truly elite – having been narrowed down to the Top 5 final countries from an original group of 44 participating Sling inspired countries and now from the 17 Global Semi-Finalist countries.
The Top 5 Global Finalists for the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award are:
Country | Finalist | Sling Cocktail

The Peter F. Heering brand has elevated the Sling Award competition to one of the world’s greatest and largest cocktail competitions and more importantly lifted this extremely talented group of global bar-stars into rare air in the ever-growing global cocktail scene competitions.

“The semi-final of 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Awards saw a wide array of ingredients with the base spirits used by competitors ranging from Japanese single malt to aquavit, with mezcal and a vast range of different gins. said Simon Difford, creator of the globally renowned Diffords Guide. “The definition of what a Sling actually is was stretched to the breaking point by some competitors in their quest to stand out while others stuck to a recognizable riff on a Singapore Sling with unexpected flavors such as tea, celery and rhubarb mixing and then sampling these very individual 17 drinks made for a most interesting day with Cherry Heering which rightfully shined through in the best entries”.

Peter F. Heering has always been fashionable – a history of 200 years as one of the first global brands (EVER) – purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name. Peter F. Heering, a fashion accessory since 1818 and a part of iconic cocktails such as the Singapore Sling and the Blood & Sand. Peter F Heering is today present in over 100 markets.

The world famous, iconic cocktail such as the Singapore Sling is one of Cherry Heering’s primary unique selling points – The Singapore Sling should be on the drink list in any decent bar.

PeterF. Heering has had the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHERRYHEERING® is a small but indispensable component of iconic cocktails such as The Singapore Sling,and that is exactly how HEERING® likes to be seen; as an accessory that adds lavishness, extravagance and civilization to the mix.

HEERING® continues to evolve and recognize that even the timeless classics need a refreshing remake now and then, thus HEERING® has challenged the best of the best behind the world’s bars to create their own interpretation of The Singapore Sling and also possibly writing their name in the history of cocktails.

CHERRY HEERING liqueur is sold in more than 100 countries all over the world and is the essential ingredient in the world famous Singapore Sling and Blood and Sand cocktails. For more information about Peter F. Heering, please visit https://www.heering.com.

TOP 5 PETER F. HEERING SLING AWARD GLOBAL FINALISTS REVEALED
THE 2014 PETER F. HEERING® SLING AWARD HEADS TO BERLIN GERMANY FOR GLOBAL FINALS
August – 2014 (Stockholm, Sweden) — Judging has ended and the Top 5 Peter F. Heering Sling Award Sling cocktails have been announced in London, England. The jury was led by bar legend Simon Difford and a prestigious jury panel that will included top tier media, tastemakers and bar experts who determined who moved onto Berlin, Germany and the Top 5 Global finalists of the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award, on Oct 7th -8th at Bar Convent Berlin.
The Sling finalist are truly elite – having been narrowed down to the Top 5 final countries from an original group of 44 participating Sling inspired countries and now from the 17 Global Semi-Finalist countries.

The Peter F. Heering brand has elevated the Sling Award competition to one of the world’s greatest and largest cocktail competitions and more importantly lifted this extremely talented group of global bar-stars into rare air in the ever-growing global cocktail scene competitions.

“The semi-final of 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Awards saw a wide array of ingredients with the base spirits used by competitors ranging from Japanese single malt to aquavit, with mezcal and a vast range of different gins. said Simon Difford, creator of the globally renowned Diffords Guide
“The definition of what a Sling actually is was stretched to the breaking point by some competitors in their quest to stand out while others stuck to a recognizable riff on a Singapore Sling with unexpected flavors such as tea, celery and rhubarb mixing and then sampling these very individual 17 drinks made for a most interesting day with Cherry Heering which rightfully shined through in the best entries”.

Peter F. Heering has always been fashionable – a history of 200 years as one of the first global brands (EVER) – purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name. Peter F. Heering, a fashion accessory since 1818 and a part of iconic cocktails such as the Singapore Sling and the Blood & Sand. Peter F Heering is today present in over 100 markets.
The world famous, iconic cocktail such as the Singapore Sling is one of Cherry Heering’s primary unique selling points – The Singapore Sling should be on the drink list in any decent bar.
Peter F. Heering has had the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHERRY HEERING® is a small but indispensable component of iconic cocktails such as The Singapore Sling, and that is exactly how HEERING® likes to be seen; as an accessory that adds lavishness, extravagance and civilization to the mix.

HEERING® continues to evolve and recognize that even the timeless classics need a refreshing remake now and then, thus HEERING® has challenged the best of the best behind the world’s bars to create their own interpretation of The Singapore Sling and also possibly writing their name in the history of cocktails.

CHERRY HEERING liqueur is sold in more than 100 countries all over the world and is the essential ingredient in the world famous Singapore Sling and Blood and Sand cocktails. For more information about Peter F. Heering, please visithttps://www.heering.comwww.facebook.com/heeringliqueur cherryheering Heering

The long and illustrious history of the Singapore Sling is as nuanced and vibrant as the drink itself. It is the perfect combination of ingredients to play homage to the intrepid cocktail creators and drinkers of yore, while spanning the globe in a single glass.

A proper sling combines a formidable amount of well-measured spirits from Sweden, England and France, and the exotic fruit juices of South East Asia—where those Swedes and Brits and other ex-pats, were discovering the pleasures of creative imbibing.

While the “classic” is a type of perfection to be counted on, like any global traveler with a wealth of perspective, there is always room for some experimentation and evolution.

With this in mind, fast forward to Berlin 2013, where the forefront of everything cool is exuberantly sharpening its edge. It was here, last week during Bar Convent Berlin, one of the world’s largest convergences of liquor and spirits, that this age-old cocktail rose its head above the din of clinking glasses, looking as fresh and vibrant as the coolest, young Berlin hipster to have ever hit the scene.

With Tales of the Cocktail, Manhattan Cocktail Classic, SF, PDX, LAX, BOS, and AZ cocktail weeks, you’d think that Americans would hold the crown for the best bar show in the world. In truth, while many of these US-based events are fantastic, it’s actually the Berlin Bar Show (or Bar Convent Berlin) that manages to come out on top.
Now in its fifth year, the BCB manages a perfect balance of trade show, conference, and bartender gathering. The core of Bar Convent Berlin is the spirited trade show with two full floors of spirit vendors and companies sampling their wares and making cocktails for conference attendees. One of the things that makes the BCB so enjoyable is that many of the spirit companies set up mini bars for attendees to sit and linger. This gives the show a much more relaxed feel to it and people actually stop, sit, and enjoy their cocktails.

BCB was also an opportunity for brands to show off the winners of their cocktail competitions.
…Cherry Heering flew out Seattle bartender Philip Thompson from The Coterie to make his award-winning Singapore Sling Variation, Sling & Fizzle.

As the most important contribution to the legendary Singapore Sling, CHERRY HEERING® liqueur has established itself as an accessory that adds lavishness, extravagance and civilization to the cocktail mix and is looking for the best bar talent in the world to re-write cocktail history by creating their version of the Sling using CHERRY HEERING® liqueur.

Be inspired by the original Singapore Sling by mixing up and submitting your very own, original Sling recipe that will be judged on * Taste (contribution of Cherry Heering to cocktail) *Interpretation of Theme * Cocktail Naming * Presentation/Look.

To be eligible you will need to use 2oz of CHERRY HEERING® liqueur in your “Sling”, no homemade syrups or other infusions are allowed, must include a picture of your cocktail, having the bottle in the picture is even better!

There will be 10 finalists, selected by experts from Peter F. Heering Company. The deadline for entry is September 15th and the final judging will take place on September 22nd with an elite panel of guest judges, including experts Dale DeGroff, King Cocktail and James Beard Wine & Spirits Professional Award Winner, Geoffrey Zakarian, Winner of the Food Networks Next Iron Chef – Super Chefs and one of the leading figures in the culinary world and Chef Rob McCue, Star of Gordon Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen & Chef Roble & Co. in New York City. There will be 1 US winner who will receive a trip to Berlin to present his/hers contribution with 3 European winners at the Bar Convent Berlin, BCB on Oct 9-10th. In addition the winner receives 500 euros and a silver shaker by Danish designer Arne Jacobsen along with airfare and two nights hotel in Berlin.